Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Monday, September 29, 2008

Dirty South launches North American Tour: After a busy summer tour schedule, Toolroom Records’ Australian DJ/producer Dragan Roganovic better known as Dirty South is about to finish up with a North American stint. This man of the hour has a prolific remixing discography as it stands, with Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Tiesto and Roger Sanchez all getting the Dirty South treatment, among other quality artists. On top of that he’s also produced several EPs and singles, ala club anthems ‘Let It Go’ and ‘Open Your Heart’, that have received widespread support from the outset. Dirty South is now garnering further support for his addition to the highly acclaimed Toolroom Knights series, which is a carefully crafted selection of housey techno and electro dancefloor destroyers.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Check out this interview from BBC with Meltdown artist James Zabiela :

Three years ago you were playing tunes in your bedroom and now you're a superstar DJ - how does it feel?It's crazy, it's pretty mental. I remember getting on the bus to work and listening to my mix tapes that I'd borrowed from the record shop I was working in and thinking, I want to be doing this - I want to be making these tapes and entertaining people.

The last three years have been like a whirlwind, it's just snowballed completely out of control. Now, I spend most of my life sat on a plane or at an airport, but it's all good and I'd never change it.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Friday, September 5, 2008

The official Meltdown preparty with Bassnectar is going to be free for all Meltdown ticket holders! Just show your hard ticket or Groovetickets.com ticket reciept printout to the door for the preparty on October 11th and get in totally free! Good all night.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Meltdown is right around the corner with less than two weeks ago till the party kicks off! We've confirmed our sound and lights set up and it is something so fresh you will have to see it to believe it. Very exciting stuff.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Monday, June 2, 2008

We have got something very cool lined up George Acosta fans. From 10:45 pm -11:45 pm on the outside deck upstairs, Meltdown VIP ticketholders will get a chance to meet George Acosta before he performs. Come by and say hello to one of dance music's most essential artists.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Beginning with a Late-Night Boat Ride, George Acosta’s Journey to the Top of the U.S. DJ Class Has Shown Uncommon Drive

Miami—Think you can find a success story from the DJ realm that’s more compelling than George Acosta’s? Good luck.

This past August at El Hotel Pacha in Ibiza, after he accepted his plaque for winning DJ Times’ second annual America’s Best DJ vote, Acosta celebrated, then quietly revealed his life history. Sure, he had finished another chapter in a goal-oriented career, his professional dedication and entrepreneurial spirit paying off in hardware and lasting accolades. But the eventful journey was worth noting because, at that moment, Acosta knew better than anyone how his globetrotting life and career were things he could never take for granted.

Long before he won industry awards or produced any hit records, before he regularly played the world’s top clubs or thrived as a teen DJ/promoter in a then-gritty Miami Beach, Acosta was a little boy living in Castro’s Cuba. Dissatisfied with the state of affairs on the island nation, Acosta’s parents were determined by the late 1970s to leave their homeland. But, because Cuba’s restrictive government was less than fond of granting exit permits to its citizens, the Acostas made their own break and hopped a speedboat in the middle of the night. One-hundred-and-six miles later, young George—just 5-years-old at the time—woke up in the United States with a new set of possibilities.

As another Cuban exile in Miami, Acosta assimilated fairly easily and DJing played a big part. He rose from a middle-school mobile to an entrepreneurial teen—he even had a radio mixshow while in high school. He organized and DJed wildly successful warehouse parties and gained notice from Miami Beach’s elite club promoters. Like many of the most successful DJs, he had become adept with the music and the hustle.

A defining moment came when preparing for a Miami Beach rave. Challenged by the notion of sharing the bill with Josh Wink, who was riding high with a succession of club hits like “Higher State of Consciousness,” Acosta created a special track for the event. It was “Set U Free.” Fronted by the late Nadine Renée and released on Strictly Rhythm in 1995 under the moniker Planet Soul, the trancey breakbeat track went onto sell 1.2 million copies worldwide.

Since then, he’s further embraced the trance sound and released a slew of tracks and mix comps—including 2007’s double-CD A State of Mind (Moist). He continues to travel the world and build on his substantial fanbase, which supported him enormously in the America’s Best DJ vote. Still, he remains eager to push himself artistically and, to that end, he recently enrolled in SAE Institute, an audio engineering school with a campus in North Miami Beach. As Winter Music Conference neared, we caught up with our America’s Best DJ winner to relive moments of his life, both triumphant and harrowing.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Full Meltdown : Summer Edition coming soon! This blog will be updated on a daily basis with show info, lineup, artist info, ticket giveaways, artist features and a ton of other shit! Check back for updates...